Philadelphia Eagles: Two Staff Changes with a Possible Draft Impact

The Philadelphia Eagles confirmed that Anthony Patch has been promoted to director of college scouting and Rick Mueller joined the franchise as the new pro personnel executive.

Anthony Patch has been a member of the Eagles’ scouting department for the last 10 years, and since 2010 he was the assistant director of college scouting. According to the team’s announcement, his promotion is not a replacement of Ryan Grigson, the former director of player personnel, who left to become the Indianapolis Colts’ general manager.

Rick Mueller has been employed by the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New Orleans Saints. He went to Jacksonville in 1994 and spent his first five years as a scout. Then, he became the team’s director of college scouting. In 2000, he was hired by the Saints as the director of player personnel and in 2006 he was promoted to vice president of player personnel.

Howie Roseman, the Eagles’ general manager, stated, “We are very pleased to promote Anthony and add Rick to our scouting staff.”

“Anthony has been one of our top talent evaluators during his tenure as a college scout, has great relationships throughout football and is an extremely hard worker. Rick brings a wealth of NFL experience while giving us a new and fresh set of eyes to evaluate incoming talent. They will both play a role in helping us prepare for this offseason of free agency and the draft.”

The Eagles are not expected to hire a new director of player personnel (Grigson's replacement) before the 2012 NFL draft.